Lex Machina Launches Legal Analytics for the Federal Courts of Appeals
The Lex Machina team is excited to launch Legal Analytics for litigation in the federal courts of appeals. Federal appellate litigation includes all of the civil cases that are heard by all 13 federal courts of appeals. It is a crucial piece of the litigation landscape in which transparency and [...]
Webcast: Responsible Use of Legal Analytics
On March 20, 2022, Lex Machina partnered with the ABA on a CLE webcast called “Responsible Use of Legal Analytics.” The webcast featured Lex Machina’s in-house counsel Aria Nejad as the host, along with guest speakers Jessica Bengels (Director of Litigation Services at Latham Watkins), Steven Karg (Partner at Norris [...]
Webcast: What Can Legal Analytics Do For Me?
On March 9, 2022, Lex Machina partnered with the ABA on a CLE webcast called “What Can Legal Analytics Do for Me?” The webcast featured Lex Machina’s in-house counsel Aria Nejad, and the guest speakers included Catherine Bernard (US Litigation Professional Support Lawyer at Mayer Brown), John Gutkoski (Partner at [...]
Webcast on the 2022 Securities Litigation Report
On March 31, 2022, Lex Machina hosted a webcast on the recently released Securities Litigation Report 2022. The webcast featured guest speaker Rachel Fritzler (Partner in litigation at Kirkland & Ellis) and Laura Hopkins (Legal Data Expert at Lex Machina and report author), hosted by Joshua Harvey (Manager of the [...]
Lex Machina Releases its 2022 Securities Litigation Report
Lex Machina is proud to release its 2022 Securities Litigation Report, which examines securities litigation trends in federal district court. This report focuses on the three-year period from 2019 to 2021 and includes analysis of emerging trends, including cryptocurrency cases and the impact of COVID-19. The final section of the [...]
Confirmation Hearings Highlight Key Challenges with Litigation Data
In litigation analytics, we have daily challenges related to processing, sanitizing, and ultimately transforming unstructured litigation data into actionable insights. I’ve experienced how difficult it is to take dirty, ahistorical data and produce accurate and reliable data points. And, as a member of this rare community, I’d like to be [...]
New Datasheet: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Confirmation hearings began this week on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. A historical moment in the making, Judge Jackson stands poised to become the first Black female Supreme Court justice to take the bench.
Webcast on the Law Firms Activity Report
On February 24, 2022, Lex Machina hosted a webcast on the recently released Law Firms Activity Report 2022. The webcast featured guest speaker Natalie Rodriguez (Assistant Managing Editor for Law360 Pulse and co-host of Law360's Supreme Court podcast) with Lex Machina’s Gloria Huang (Legal Content Associate and report author). They [...]
Webcast on the Legal Analytics Survey Results 2022
On February 17th, 2021, Lex Machina hosted a webcast on the Legal Analytics Survey Results 2022: The Impact of Legal Analytics. Karl Harris, CEO of Lex Machina, interviewed Steven Lerner, Senior Reporter at Law360. They discussed the results from the latest Legal Analytics survey conducted in January 2022, which involved [...]
Lex Machina Releases its 2022 Law Firms Activity Report
Lex Machina is proud to release its 2022 Law Firms Activity Report, which surveys the most active law firms in federal district court. The report focuses on the three-year period from 2019 to 2021 and analyzes law firm activity in 16 practice areas and in cases caused by COVID-19. The [...]
Survey of Legal Analytics 2022
A recent 2022 survey confirmed that 98% of users find Legal Analytics to be valuable, while 78% of non-users believe Legal Analytics are valuable. The survey also revealed that 80% of users gain competitive intelligence from Legal Analytics through insights into judges, parties, and opposing counsel.
2021 Legal Analytics Year In Review
Legal Reader recently published an article written by Gloria Huang, Legal Content Associate at Lex Machina. In her article, Huang discusses the ways in which Legal Analytics were adopted and used by the legal industry in 2021, as reported by legal professionals. “In 2021, a significant number of attorneys reported [...]